FIRST WORKOUT
STARTER · 30 MINLENGTH30 MIN
LOAD24
STEPS11
HARDESTZ5
Half an hour that visits every zone, to learn the screen, the scooter and how the trainer holds the watts for you.
THE STEPS
- WARM-UP5 MIN FROM 40 TO 60 % · 85 RPM, 3 MIN AT 65 % · 90 RPM
- TOUR OF THE ZONES3 MIN AT 80 % · 90 RPM, 2 MIN AT 55 %, 3 MIN AT 92 % · 90 RPM, 2 MIN AT 55 %, 1 MIN AT 110 % · 95 RPM, 3 MIN AT 50 %, 15 S ALL OUT, 2 MIN 45 S AT 50 %
- COOL-DOWN5 MIN FROM 55 TO 40 %
Percentages are of your FTP.
TIME IN EACH ZONE
- Z1RECOVERY20 MIN
- Z2ENDURANCE3 MIN
- Z3TEMPO3 MIN
- Z4THRESHOLD3 MIN
- Z5VO2 MAX1 MIN
- FREEFREE AND ALL OUT15 S
THE COACH SAYS
- 0:00 Welcome. The trainer sets the watts: you keep pedalling.
- 5:00 Zone 2, endurance. You could ride like this for hours.
- 8:00 Tempo. Breathing deeper, still able to talk.
- 11:00 Easy. The trainer lets go as fast as it took hold.
- 13:00 Threshold. Hard, and steady.
- 16:00 Easy again.
- 18:00 VO2 max. Just one minute.
- 19:00 Recover. Breathe out.
- 22:00 Sprint. As hard as you like.
- 25:00 That's every zone. Spin it out.
RIDE IT
In Pedal Mania: open WORKOUTS, then OURS, and pick First Workout.
.ZWO.ERG.MRCFor other apps. .ERG is in watts at 250 W: sign in to have it at yours; .ZWO and .MRC are in percent.